Ernest Burke vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Ernest Burke
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Ernest Burke built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Sutter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Sutter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 3.84 and 1.494 for Ernest Burke. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernest Burke and Bruce Sutter

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.84
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
11.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.517
0.517
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
39.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.91
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.73
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Ernest Burke and Bruce Sutter

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.31
96.31
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernest Burke and Bruce Sutter

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
505.79
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
39.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
43.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100